Mykhailo Hurka (born November 21, 1975) is a Ukrainian former footballer and

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Playing career

Hurka began his career in 1993 with

FC Karpaty Lviv Football Club Karpaty Lviv ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Lviv. History Early years (1963–68) The team of Karpaty was founded on 18 January, 1963. In 1961 Silmash Lviv won the championship of Lviv Oblast but lost its p ...

, and midway through the season he was transferred to FC LAZ Lviv in the

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. In his debut season with FC LAZ he helped the club achieve a promotion to the

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, but the following season remained in the Ukrainian Second League with

FC Halychyna Drohobych FC Halychyna Drohobych ( uk, Галичина (Дрогобич)) is an amateur football club from Drohobych, Ukraine. The club was created in place of SKA Karpaty Lviv and amateur club Avanhard Drohobych on December 2, 1989 as SFC Drohobych. Dr ...

. In 1995, he played in his country's top tier league the

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with his former club Karpaty Lviv. Following a short stint in the Ukrainian First League with

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he returned to the Premier League in 1997 to play with

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, and Karpaty Lviv. In 2002, he signed with

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and won the league title and a promotion to the Premier League in 2003. The remainder of his career was spent in the Ukrainian Second League with Obolon Kyiv,

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, Desna Chernihiv, Nyva Ternopil, and played in the

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with SC Beregvidek Berehove in 2010. In 2016, he played abroad with

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in the Canadian Soccer League. In his second season he assisted FC Ukraine in achieving a

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, and winning the Second Division Championship. While in his third year he assisted in securing the First Division title.

Managerial career

In 2017, he joined the managerial staff as an assistant coach for

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, while still performing as an active player. In 2019, he became the head coach for Ukraine United, and in his debut season in charge led the team to the

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final against

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, but in a losing effort.

Honors

FC Hoverla Uzhhorod

: 2003-2004

FC Ukraine United

* CSL Second Division Championship: 2017 * Canadian Soccer League First Division: 2018

References

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